26/06/2015 - Enduro Soul in South Africa

Our distributor out in South Africa has been supporting a local talent in the enduro series down there. The lad has been getting some amazing results on his Soul275!! Is there no end to that bikes' capabilities? Check out what Matt has to say about the latest race....

The Magaliesburg mountains near Pretoria played host to event number two
in South Africa's Hakahana enduro series. As a format, enduro has been
eagerly embraced by SA's typically up-for-anything mountainbikers and this
event up in Gauteng was a first for the province.

Blasting down the steep Magaliesburg rock gardens and unforgivingly sharp
shale, the country's premier and not so premier riders had to negotiate gap
jumps, drops and some very sketchy loose stuff through the race's five
stages.

A bracingly cold start saw 110 riders head off up to the start of SP1 and
the riding was fast and hard with riders gathering in small groups after
each run to share war stories and lick their wounds. of which the sharp
rocks and drops-off accounted for many.

Cotic SA factory rider Dirk van Schalkwyk was notably impressive on his Soul
27.5. Kitted with some really big 2.4 tyres, he finished 13th overall - a
result that saw plenty of high-five acknowledgment given he was riding a
hardtail on a course that was as rough as it gets. There's no doubt that
when his dual sus Cotic Rocket arrives later this season, he'll make a big
move further up the overall standings.

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